Nonfiction Text Features

A picture, usually a drawing, that has labels to identify it's parts. 

• Diagram

• Heading

• Caption

This page, located in the back of a book, is an alphabetical list of topics (and the page numbers) found in a book.

• Glossary

• Sidebar

• Index

A title at the top of the page, or the beginning of a new chapter or section.

• Definition

• Heading

• Index

Pictures taken with a camera to show objects as they appear in real life.

• Diagram

• Drawing

• Photograph

A list of chapters in a book and the page numbers where each chapter starts.

• Index

• Table of Contents

• Glossary

Small text found near a picture that gives important information about the picture.

• Caption

• Glossary

• Photograph

A way to present information in a visual way.

• Graph

• Caption

• Glossary

What is this nonfiction text feature?

• Chart

• Heading

• Sidebar

 A picture or geographical representation of the Earth's surface.

• Graph

• Map

• Diagram

Name one of the labels in this diagram

• hat

• vest

• scarf